7. Ἴκουσε δὲ "Ἡρώδης ὁ τετράρχης τὰ γινόμενα ὑπ αὐτοῦ πάντα" καὶ διηπόρει, διὰ τὸ λέγεσθαι ὑπό τινων, ““Ὅτι Ἰωάννης ἐγήγερται ” ἐκ vexpav-” 8. ὑπό τινων δέ, “Ὅτι Ἡλίας ἐφάνη
ἄλλων δέ, '"Ὅτι προφήτης εἲς Σ τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀνέστη.”
g. Καὶ
εἶπεν 64 Ἡρώξης, ''Ἰωάννην ἐγὼ ἀπεκεφάλισα : τίς δέ ἐστιν οὗτος,
περὶ οὗ ἐγὼ ὅ ἀκούω τοιαῦτα ;”
4 - Καὶ ἐζήτει ἰδεῖν αὐτόν.
1Ο. Καὶ ὑποστρέψαντες οἱ ἀπόστολοι διηγήσαντο αὐτῷ ὅσα ἐποίησαν: καὶ παραλαβὼν αὐτούς, ὑπεχώρησε κατ ἰδίαν εἰς τόπον
ἔρημον πόλεως καλουµένης 5 Βηθσαϊδά. 11. οἱ δὲ ὄχλοι γνόντες ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ: καὶ Ἀ- ἑάμενος Ἱ αὐτούς, ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς περὶ τῆς
, lol lod 4 βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τοὺς xpeiay ἔχοντας θεραπείας ἰᾶτο.
1 Omit υπ αυτου NBCDLE 6ο al. Σηγερθη in SBCLE al. Στις in NBCLXAE 1, 13, 33.
4 For και ειπεν SBCDLE 1, 33 al. have ειπεν δε, and SCD al. pl. omit ο found
in BL. 5 kSBCLE omit εγω.
6 For εις T. ερ. π. καλουµενης BLXE 33 sah. cop. have εις πολιν καλουµενην, which seems inconsistent with retirement ; hence the introduction of τοπον 6ρηβον = the desert of the city (Tisch., W.H., follow BL, etc.).
7 αποδεξ. in SBDLXE 33 al.
to the execution of the mission, but wanting his reference to the use of oil in healing.
Hahn states that this mission was purely pedagogic, for the benefit of the Twelve, not of the people. This is a mere unfounded assertion. The train- ing of the Twelve by no means appears a prominent aim of Jesus in the pages of Lk. ; much less so than in Mt. and Mk. Vv. 7-9. Herod’s interest in Fesus (Mt. xiv. 1-2, Mk. vi. 14-16).—é τετράρχης as in Mt., βασιλεὺς in Mk.—ra γινόμενα πάντα, all the things which were happening, most naturally taken as referring to the mission of the Twelve, though it is difficult to believe that Herod had not heard of Jesus till then. —Sinwdpe, was utterly perplexed, in Lk.’s writings οπ]γ.--διὰ τὸ λέγεσθαι ὑπὸ τινῶν. What Lk. represents as said by some, Mt. and Mk., doubtless truly, make Herod himself say. Vide notes on Mt. and Mk.—Ver. 8. ἐφάνη, appeared, the proper word to use ef one who had not died, but been translated.—Ver. 9. Ἰ. ἐγὼ ἀπεκεφάλισα: the fact stated in the form of a confession by the crimi- nal, but the grim story not {ο]ά.---ἐγὼ, emphatic, the “I” of a guilty troubled conscience.—rts: he has no theory, but is
simply puzzled, yet the question almost implies suspicion that Jesus is John re- turned to life. Could there be two such men at the same period ὃ--καὶ ἐζήτει iSeiv αὐτόν: this points forward tc xxiii. 8.
Vv. 10-17. Feeding of the multitude (Mt. xiv. 13-21, Mk. vi. 30-44, John vi. 1-14).—Ver. 10. The Twelve return from their mission and report what they had done; Mk. adds and taught.— ὑπεχώρῆσε, withdrew, here and in v. 16, only, in N. T. The reason of this retirement does not appear in Lk.’s narrative, nor whether Jesus with His disciples went by land or by sea.—Ver. II. ot ὄχλοι: no particular multitude is meant, but just the crowds that were wont to gather around Jesus. In Mt. and Mk. Jesus appears as endeavouring (in vain) to escape from the people. In Lk. this feature is not prominent. Even the expression τόπον ἔρημον in ver. 1ο is probably not genuine. What Lk. appears to have written is that Jesus withdsew privately into a city called Βεϊηφα]άα.- -ἰἀποδεξάμενος, the more probable reading, implies a willing recep- tion or the multitude. Vide viii. 40.— Ver. 12. κλίνειν, the day began to decline; the faci is alluded to here, not